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38 Years Celebration
This September, I will be celebrating 38 years as a political cartoonist. Individual cartoonist are struggling for survival amidst the steady stream of falling media giants, and the industry itself struggles even more to identify and accept minority editorialist. Teaching myself how to draw on a remote island in the Bahamas provided a sense of independence that has taken me to where I am today, bobbing and weaving like most other artist, trying to encourage every iota of true democracy left in our world. There's still a "teeny weeny" bit of gas in the tank, and hopefully, by the time I'm done, I'll leave a few more cartoonist with a better plight ahead for a more sustainable artistic future.

The death of A.D. Hanna reminded me of how encouraging it was to draw cartoons almost forty years ago. Politicians all over the world seemed to be truly fighting for the people that they represented. These days, politicians appear to be distracted with fighting their opponents, and pulling the wool over the eyes of those they represent. Almost every issue is polarized to the hilt with zero tolerance for a middle ground. Move to the middle and you're blacklisted by both. Hopefully, someone will rise to bring back true servants of the people. Then, drawing will be fun again. There will be a putting away of the cynical knives. Satire will be an old forgotten tool in the shed. Ink and paper will go to lunch and splash and scratch joyous smiles on the faces of politicians, dancing in the midst of the communities they represent. Then, I should retire. But I won't wait for that.

God bless you and thanks for visiting my messy sight. I am deliberately leaving it this way until cartoonist as a whole are doing better. If there is one industry that needs a stimulus, it's ours. And no, not from the GOVERNMENT!!! We can do it ourselves, thank you very much. Sam "Sip Sip" Williams